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NAME

6       vmware_host_selinux   -   Security   Enhanced   Linux  Policy  for  the
7       vmware_host processes
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DESCRIPTION

10       Security-Enhanced Linux secures the vmware_host processes via  flexible
11       mandatory access control.
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13       The  vmware_host processes execute with the vmware_host_t SELinux type.
14       You can check if you have these processes running by executing  the  ps
15       command with the -Z qualifier.
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19       ps -eZ | grep vmware_host_t
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ENTRYPOINTS

24       The    vmware_host_t    SELinux   type   can   be   entered   via   the
25       vmware_host_exec_t file type.
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27       The default entrypoint paths for the vmware_host_t domain are the  fol‐
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30       /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmnet-natd,  /opt/vmware/(worksta‐
31       tion|player)/bin/vmnet-dhcpd,                     /opt/vmware/(worksta‐
32       tion|player)/bin/vmware-nmbd,                     /opt/vmware/(worksta‐
33       tion|player)/bin/vmware-smbd,  /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vm‐
34       net-bridge,         /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmnet-netifup,
35       /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmnet-sniffer,  /opt/vmware/(work‐
36       station|player)/bin/vmware-smbpasswd,             /opt/vmware/(worksta‐
37       tion|player)/bin/vmware-smbpasswd.bin,        /usr/sbin/vmware-guest.*,
38       /usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin32/vmware.*,                 /usr/lib/vmware-
39       tools/sbin64/vmware.*,    /usr/bin/vmnet-natd,     /usr/bin/vmware-vmx,
40       /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd,    /usr/bin/vmware-nmbd,    /usr/bin/vmware-smbd,
41       /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge, /usr/bin/vmnet-netifup,  /usr/bin/vmnet-sniffer,
42       /usr/bin/vmware-network,   /usr/bin/vmware-smbpasswd,  /usr/bin/vmware-
43       smbpasswd.bin, /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx
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PROCESS TYPES

46       SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the
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49       You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps
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51       Policy  governs  the  access confined processes have to files.  SELinux
52       vmware_host policy is very  flexible  allowing  users  to  setup  their
53       vmware_host processes in as secure a method as possible.
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55       The following process types are defined for vmware_host:
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59       Note:  semanage  permissive  -a  vmware_host_t  can be used to make the
60       process type vmware_host_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access  to
61       permissive  process  types,  but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are
62       still generated.
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BOOLEANS

66       SELinux  policy  is  customizable  based  on  least  access   required.
67       vmware_host  policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that
68       allow you to manipulate the policy and run vmware_host with the  tight‐
69       est access possible.
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73       If  you  want  to  dontaudit all daemons scheduling requests (setsched,
74       sys_nice), you must turn on the  daemons_dontaudit_scheduling  boolean.
75       Enabled by default.
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77       setsebool -P daemons_dontaudit_scheduling 1
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81       If  you  want  to control the ability to mmap a low area of the address
82       space, as configured by /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr, you  must  turn  on
83       the mmap_low_allowed boolean. Disabled by default.
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85       setsebool -P mmap_low_allowed 1
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89       If  you  want to allow unconfined executables to make their heap memory
90       executable.  Doing this is a really  bad  idea.  Probably  indicates  a
91       badly  coded  executable, but could indicate an attack. This executable
92       should be reported in bugzilla, you must turn  on  the  selinuxuser_ex‐
93       echeap boolean. Disabled by default.
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MANAGED FILES

100       The  SELinux  process  type vmware_host_t can manage files labeled with
101       the following file types.  The paths listed are the default  paths  for
102       these  file  types.  Note the processes UID still need to have DAC per‐
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FILE CONTEXTS

111       SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
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114       You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls
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116       Policy  governs  the  access  confined  processes  have to these files.
117       SELinux vmware_host policy is very flexible  allowing  users  to  setup
118       their vmware_host processes in as secure a method as possible.
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120       STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
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122       SELinux  defines  the  file  context  types for the vmware_host, if you
123       wanted to store files with these types in a different paths,  you  need
124       to  execute the semanage command to specify alternate labeling and then
125       use restorecon to put the labels on disk.
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127       semanage  fcontext  -a  -t  vmware_host_exec_t   '/srv/vmware_host/con‐
128       tent(/.*)?'
129       restorecon -R -v /srv/myvmware_host_content
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131       Note:  SELinux  often  uses  regular expressions to specify labels that
132       match multiple files.
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134       The following file types are defined for vmware_host:
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138       vmware_host_exec_t
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140       - Set files with the vmware_host_exec_t type, if you want to transition
141       an executable to the vmware_host_t domain.
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144       Paths:
145            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmnet-natd,
146            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmnet-dhcpd,
147            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmware-nmbd,
148            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmware-smbd,
149            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmnet-bridge,
150            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmnet-netifup,
151            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmnet-sniffer,
152            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmware-smbpasswd,
153            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmware-smbpasswd.bin,
154            /usr/sbin/vmware-guest.*,   /usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin32/vmware.*,
155            /usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin64/vmware.*,        /usr/bin/vmnet-natd,
156            /usr/bin/vmware-vmx,  /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd,  /usr/bin/vmware-nmbd,
157            /usr/bin/vmware-smbd,  /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge, /usr/bin/vmnet-neti‐
158            fup,       /usr/bin/vmnet-sniffer,        /usr/bin/vmware-network,
159            /usr/bin/vmware-smbpasswd,          /usr/bin/vmware-smbpasswd.bin,
160            /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx
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165       - Set files with the vmware_host_pid_t type, if you want to  store  the
166       vmware host files under the /run directory.
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169       Paths:
170            /var/run/vmnet.*, /var/run/vmnat.*, /var/run/vmware.*
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175       -  Set  files  with  the  vmware_host_tmp_t  type, if you want to store
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180       Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon  command.
181       If  you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the
182       semanage fcontext command.  This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
183       base.  You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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COMMANDS

187       semanage  fcontext  can also be used to manipulate default file context
188       mappings.
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190       semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate  whether  or  not  a
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193       semanage  module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove pol‐
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196       semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
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199       system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
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AUTHOR

204       This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .
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SEE ALSO

208       selinux(8),  vmware_host(8),  semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), se‐
209       policy(8), setsebool(8)
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